Car-door lock.



P. YONOS.

CAR DOOR LOCK APPLICATION FILED APR.26.1917.

1,232, 1 5'7, Patented July 3, 1917.

- WITNESSES INVENTOR Pap fim as A TTORA/EYS PAP YOIN'OS, 0F CANTON", OHIO.

GAR DOOR LOCK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Application filed April 26, 1917. Serial No. 164,646.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAP YoNos, a subject of the King of Austria, and a resident of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Locks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in car door locks, and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified, especially adapted for locking the doors of railroad cars, wherein a locking bar or bolt is provided pivoted at one end to the door, and adapted to engage at the other a hasp or staple on the door, the bar or bolt having a lost motion connection with the door, and wherein a guide is provided for the bolt.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a box car provided with the improved lock; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lock.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with the sliding door 1 of a box car 2, and the lock comprises a bolt 3, having at one end a slot l and at the other a head 5 closely resembling the head of a hammer, and adapted to engage with the poll or square end of the head is a species oi": socket 6 secured to the door casing of the car. This head has a transverse opening 7 which is adapted to register with a similar opening in the socket to receive a seal indi cated at 8. The slot 4: of the bolt is engaged by a headed pin 9 secured to the car door, and the pin has a spacing bushing or arbor 10 between the bolt and the car, to properly space the bolt from the car.

The bolt is provided with a handle 11 for convenience in operating the same, the said handle being in the form, of a pin having a wheel or disk at its outer end for engagement by the hand of the operator, and the pin moves within the slot 12 of an are shaped guide 13. This guide has its ends offset in the same direction as shown at 14 and secured to the'door, and the pin moves in the guide, while the bolt moves between the guide and-the car door. The connections, indicated at 15, between the offset portions 14 and the body of the guide serve as stops for limiting the movement of the bolt 1n each direction, the bolt engaging and resting upon theseportions at the end of its movement to opening or closing position.

In use, when it is desired to open the car, the bolt is swung to the opposite end of the guide, by grasping the handle 11. To look the car, the door is closed and the bolt is swung until the head 5 will engage the socket. Should it be impossible to entirely close the door, the slot connection between the bolt and the door permits the engagement to take place without the complete closing of the door.

I claim:

1. A look for car doors comprising a bolt having at one end a longitudinally extending slot and at the other a transverse head, a socket adapted for connection with the car for engagement by the head, said head and socket having registering openings for receiving a seal, a headed pin on the door engaging the slot and having a spacing bushing between the bolt and the car, an are shaped guide having its ends offset and secured to the door, the bolt moving between the guide and the car and engaging in open and closed positions the ends of the guide, said guide having a slot extending approximately the full length thereof, and the bolt having a handle extending through the slot.

2. A. look for car doors comprising a bolt having at one end a longitudinally extending slot and at the other a transverse head, a socket adapted for connection with the car for engagement by the head, said head and socket having registering openings for receiving a seal, a headed pin on the door engaging the slot and having a spacing bushing between the bolt and the car, an are shaped guide having its ends offset and secured to the door, the bolt moving between the guide and the car and engaging in open and closed positions the ends of the guide.

3. A look for car doors comprising a bolt having at one end a longitudinally extending slot and at the other a transverse head in open and closed positions the ends of the 10 a socket adapted for connection with the car guide.

for engagement by the head, a headed pin his on the door engaging the slot and having PA]? YONOS. a spacing bushing between the bolt and the mark car, an are shaped guide having its ends ofi- Witnesses: set and secured to the door, the bolt moving- J HilT W, B'URRIS; between the guide and the car and engaging J OHANN FLOB Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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